GNU C's -mshort, and documentation

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From: Francois Pinard
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 17:19

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I'm using GNU C 1.41 under COFF encapsulation on this 386/ix 2.0.2
system.  The GNU C documentation says:

    `-mshort'
          Consider type `int' to be 16 bits wide, like `short int'.

But experience says otherwise:

   gcc -ansi -Di386 -O -DSYSV=1 -mshort -c arc.c
   gcc-cc1: Invalid option `short'

By the way, gcc.info does not confirm which version of GNU C it
pertains to.  The GNU standards dictate:

      The title page of the manual should state the version of the
   program which the manual applies to.  The Top node of the manual
   should also contain this information.

-- 
Franc,ois Pinard        ``Vivement GNU!''       pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
(514) 588-4656                                   ...!uunet!iros1!pinard
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